ACPI errors in dmesg

[Sean Bruno]

KAYVEN RIESE wrote:
>
> I have ACPI errors in my dmesg, and I don't know what to do about
> it.  Do I need new hardware?  If so, can I get more specific information?
> How do I fix this?
>
> Follows is the first part of dmesg with the errors:
>
>
> kv_bsd#dmesg
> Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007
>     root at dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz (600.02-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6d8  Stepping = 8
>
> Features=0xafe9fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,PBE> 
>
>   Features2=0x180<EST,TM2>
>   AMD Features=0x100000<NX>
> real memory  = 1072955392 (1023 MB)
> avail memory = 1040961536 (992 MB)
> kbd1 at kbdmux0
> ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, 
> RF5413)
> acpi0: <A M I OEMRSDT> on motherboard
>     ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.ACS_] (Node 0xc4ba8440), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.AC__._INI] 
> (Node 0xc4bac0a0), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node 0xc4ba8420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0239: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
>     ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node 0xc4ba8420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0239: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
> ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node 0xc4ba8420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0239: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node 0xc4ba8420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0239: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node 0xc4ba8420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0239: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>  ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node 0xc4ba8420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0239: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node 0xc4ba8420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0239: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0356: *** Error: Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed 
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node 0xc4ba8420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-1304: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
>     ACPI-0239: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.BAT0._STA] 
> (Node 0xc4baf420), AE_NOT_EXIST
> Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
>
Can you please post your motherboard model and BIOS revision?

Sean